A potential move to simplify inheritance tax could sweep away special reliefs for farmers and leave them with tax bills they would struggle to pay, a specialist agricultural lawyer has warned.

Mobile abattoirs may help farms hit by the rapid loss of small abattoirs over the last few years.

Input costs have been relatively stable over the last year and that trend could continue with downward pressure on oil prices.

Farmers have raised concerns about further consolidation in the processing sector after one of the UK’s largest rendering and by-product companies was bought by meat processor ABP for an undisclosed sum.

Australia’s bush fires have had a devastating impact on the country’s agricultural output.

In a fiery debate at the Oxford Real Farming Conference, George Monbiot’s vision that synthetic food would replace most agricultural production in the next few decades was greeted with disbelief and derision.

The Government’s chief food adviser has called the current debate on meat eating an unpleasant dialogue of the deaf.

Consumers will want a greater stake in how their food is produced and demand it help improve their health and that of the planet over the coming 10 years.

Under the deal, China agreed to import $200bn (£153bn) of US goods to help address the trade imbalance between the two countries.

A focus on efficiency and acquisitions helped dairy ingredient processor Meadow Foods increase profits by 16 per cent in the year to March 31, 2019.